Re: [privacy] Windows infections in the wild (or the futility ofsecurity on an insecure endpoint)

["<...>" <massimo () grandmedia si>]

would be interesting to know (but nobody will tell) how many of the 3.5 
million had a malware detection software already in place.
would also be MORE interesting to know how many malware detectors are trojan 
themselves :-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "coderman" <coderman () gmail com>
To: <privacy () whitestar linuxbox org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 8:38 PM
Subject: [privacy] Windows infections in the wild (or the futility 
ofsecurity on an insecure endpoint)


> making the rounds:
> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189400457
> "Almost two-thirds of PCs that had an infection were infected by a
> backdoor Trojan, according to Microsoft."
>
> how many of these systems were used for handling business
> transactions?  storing or processing personal information (web sites,
> documents, etc)?  highly sensitive medical or financial data?
>
> if privacy requires endpoint security what does this say about our
> prospects in the near future? (and what have you done to try and
> mitigate this problem?)
>
> some select stats:
> """
> Of the 5.7 million unique PCs from which the Malicious Software
> Removal Tool (MSRT) has deleted malware, 3.5 million of them -- 62
> percent -- had at least one backdoor Trojan.
> ...
> "Rootkits are certainly present, but compared to other [malware types]
> they're not extremely widespread yet," added Braverman. A rootkit was
> present on 14 percent of the nearly 6 million computers that had to be
> cleaned.
> """
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